Timeless Luxury Watches: Top 10 Military Watches You Can Buy in 2020

Here we selected and reviewed the top 10 military watches of 2020. These durable and robust watches are perfect for those who need a reliable timepiece which will withstand harsh conditions. This includes soldiers, law enforcement officers, hunters, mountaineers, hikers, backpackers and other tactical enthusiasts. Unlike earlier, we now also included GPS watches in this selection as the technology has significantly progressed. GPS watches now offer much better durability, functionality and battery life than they did a couple of years ago. The main qualities we were looking for when selecting the products are durability and tactical/military features. This review includes five different military watches – two GPS watches and three watches without GPS. If none of the listed watches suits you, have a look at our review of the best hiking watches which includes mainly GPS watches for outdoor sports.

1. Buying a Military Watch – What is important?

Durability:
When it comes to military watches, durability is crucial. In this review we only listed watches that offer superb abrasion and shock resistance as they use highly durable materials. Furthermore, they are all waterproof. Some of the watches are equipped with Sapphire glass lenses that offer significantly better abrasion resistance than the more commonly used mineral glass.
Design:
A military watch should have a robust design and be in a dark discrete color that won’t draw too much attention – a crucial characteristic for watches used by military personnel, hunters and other tactical outdoorsmen. All watches in this review feature rugged design and come in dark colors such as black, dark grey and camouflage green.
Battery Life:
The selected watches without GPS are all able to run for at least one year without replacing the battery (some of them are equipped with solar rechargeable batteries). GPS watches have a much shorter battery life but on the other hand they also offer more features. All the GPS watches included in this review are equipped with powerful rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Tactical/Military Features:
In addition to the standard features such as time, day and date, a military watch should also have more advanced features, like compass, altimeter and barometer. Compass and altimeter are useful for navigation while the barometer provides you with the atmospheric pressure data which can be used to forecast the weather. Additionally, some military watches are equipped with storm alarm, sunrise/sunset times, moon calendar and other advanced tactical/military features such as automatic shot detection.
GPS:
Watches that support GPS allow you to instantly get the coordinates of your current location in various formats (including the MGRS format which is normally used in armed forces). Furthermore, they can also be used for navigation along pre-planned routes as well as to waypoints.